City of Colorado Springs - File #: 14-0590

• File #: 14-0590
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 9/11/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/28/2014
• Final action: 10/28/2014
• Title: Ordinance No. 14-81 amending Part 5 (Concrete Contractors) of Article 3 (Streets and Public Ways) of Chapter 3 (Public Property and Public Works) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to concrete contractor licenses

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2014	3	City Council	finally passed
10/14/2014	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
9/22/2014	2	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 14-81 amending Part 5 (Concrete Contractors) of Article 3 (Streets and Public Ways) of Chapter 3 (Public Property and Public Works) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to concrete contractor licenses

Body
From:
Sarah Johnson, City Clerk

Summary:
As part of an ongoing effort to make the City of Colorado Springs a more business friendly community, and as one of the City Clerk's 2014 Breakthrough Strategies, the City Clerk conducted a thorough review of general business license ("general business license") types, requirements, and fees to ensure they are relevant and necessary to regulate activities related to health, safety or other protective purposes. This review includes proposals for removal/clarification of requirements for standardization across all general business license types. These updates to our City code eliminate unnecessary steps for a business to operate in our great city, while also aiding the future creation of an online application/renewal business licensing system.

This review includes proposals for removal/clarification of requirements for standardization across all general business license types. These updates to our City code eliminate unnecessary steps for a business to operate in our great city, while also aiding the future creation of an online application/renewal business licensing system.

A summary of the proposed changes to the Concrete Contractors License Ordinance, effective as of January 1, 2015, is as follows:
1. Modify the expiration date for licenses from June 30 of each year to
one (1) year from the date of issuance;
2. Clarify that license and registration fees are "as established by the City Council
under article 1, part 5 of chapter 2";
3. Amend language in suspension and revocation provisions to align with
the hearing process set forth in Article 1, Part 8;
4. Delete duplicative application requirements and incorporate simplified
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